ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

In Studio City, coating a low-slope roof costs a fraction of replacing it and stops the leaks the same week. Valley heat bakes a low-slope roof all summer, chalking the surface and opening seams, and the building underneath pays for it in cooling.

How long a Studio City roof coating lasts

A silicone system at the right thickness over a properly prepped roof gives you ten years and up, and acrylic is close behind on a roof that drains well. Both systems are renewable: when the time comes you wash the roof and add another coat instead of starting over, which is why building owners keep coming back to them.

What roof coating costs in Studio City

Because the work is additive, most buildings stay open and in use while we are on the roof.

A coating runs well under the cost of a tear-off and replacement, and there is no dumpster, no demolition and no days of noise over the tenants' heads.

Two coating systems, one right answer

• Silicone: the pick for roofs that pond. It handles standing water, resists UV without turning brittle, and lasts longest of the two.
• Acrylic: the pick for roofs that drain clean. Lower cost per square, excellent reflectivity, and easy to recoat later.
• Both go down seamless, so there are no laps or fasteners for water to work into.
• Both drop the roof surface temperature sharply, which shows up on the cooling bill of a conditioned building.

Serving Studio City and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Studio City and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities, including Valley Village, Toluca Lake and North Hollywood.

What we look for on a Studio City roof

Good candidates for coating tend to have:

• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• Flashing and penetrations that leak while the field of the roof is still solid
• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body

The coating process, step by step

• Inspect and measure, including core tests where we need to know what is under the membrane
• Clean the roof — power wash, remove dirt, chalk and loose coating
• Repair: cracks, open seams, failed flashing, blisters and bad penetrations
• Prime where the substrate calls for it
• Apply the coating in multiple passes to the specified thickness, seams and details first
• Final walk for even coverage and thickness, then clean up the site

Notes from Studio City jobs

The job list in Studio City repeats itself for a reason - heat and dust together finish off old granulated surfaces. Our shop sits about 10 miles northwest of Studio City, so a crew is on site the same morning.

The roofs in Valley Village, Toluca Lake and North Hollywood are built much the same way, and they fail the same way.

• Solar gets detached and reset by a licensed crew, not improvised around.
• Material is delivered the morning of the job, not left on the driveway for a week.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.
• Tear-off debris leaves the same day; nobody is left with a pile over the weekend.
• Chimney and wall flashings are replaced, not painted over with sealant.

The crews fill up fast when the first storm is on the ten-day forecast. The first step is a free look at the Studio City roof and a number you can hold us to.

When coating is the wrong call

Coating is not for every roof. If the deck is soft, the insulation is wet or the membrane is finished, a coating only hides the problem — we will tell you the Studio City roof needs replacing instead.

Ready to look at your roof

The estimate is free. Call (818) 275-0921 and we will measure your Studio City roof, check the deck, seams and drains, and tell you plainly whether coating is the right call.

Questions Studio City owners ask us

You get a text when the crew is coming and a walk-through when they are done.

• We show you the soft spots before they are covered, not after.
• Payment is tied to progress, not demanded up front.
• Moisture readings go in the report where a leak is suspected but not obvious.
• Most homes take two to four days once material lands.